Woman Jailed For Wicked Campaign Of Cruelty Against Eight-Year-Old Boy

14/09/2012 12:56
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Updated
22 May 2015

Keith Kendrick
Parentdish UK

Cassidy & Leigh

A sadistic and wicked woman who jumped on a little boy's stomach with both feet after losing her patience with him has been jailed for seven years.

The savage assault led to the eight-year-old lboy being rushed to hospital with a perforated bowel, Guildford Crown Court heard.

Nicola Tedder, 32, from Haslemere, Surrey, was named and shamed after being found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

She was also convicted of four offences of assault causing actual bodily harm and one of child cruelty after a five-week trial.

Tedder had responsibility for the boy even though he was not her child.

But instead of looking after his welfare, she subjected to him to barbaric punishments if he wet himself or did things that annoyed her.

The attack that perforated the little boy's bowel was the culmination of a catalogue of unbelievable and sadistic cruelty.

Ms Alexia Durran, prosecuting, said: "On one occasion she held his feet against a radiator which was hot enough to cause burning to his feet.

"On another occasion, she poked her fingers into his eyes, causing him ulcers and abrasions to his eyes. It looked like something out of a horror film."

The court was told that the defendant would put her hands around the boy's throat and shove his head under bath water as well as hitting him over the head with kitchen utensils and rubbing his nose in his own excrement if he soiled himself..

But the most serious assault was when Tedder used the youngster virtually as a trampoline last year (2011), it was revealed.

Ms Durran said the injured boy was rushed to the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, suffering from excruciating abdominal pain.

"It was as a result of his stomach being stamped upon. A doctor said he had only seen an injury like this from a karate kick - which will give some idea of the force used," she said.

Ms Durran said: "The victim said that the defendant had jumped on his stomach with both feet. She was wearing flip-flops at the time."

She said that a tear was discovered in the boy's colon and he had to be transferred to St. George's Hospital, Tooting, for specialist treatment.

The incident led to Tedder being arrested and prosecuted. The defendant denied all the charges against her.

Tedder claimed that the boy was clumsy and was always injuring himself.